Why is romeo banished

Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm. However, it was he who offered to fight for Romeo, so some may think that it was his fate to die for Romeo.

Looking for revenge for killing Mercutio, Romeo kills Tybalt. He settled on death, but he wanted to die with Juliet. He killed out of his own desires. Romeo is guilty of letting Tybalt kill Mercutio. He then decides to cover up his mistake by killing Tybalt. And Mercutio slain! His way of getting revenge for Mercutio's death was to fight Tybalt and make him pay for what he did.

Romeo got what he wanted and fought Tybalt. Benvolio is telling Romeo that there are citizens around and he should leave now because he killed Tybalt. Romeo was banished from the city because of his crime which separated him from Juliet.

The Prince never offers us an explicit reason for only banishing Romeo and not having him put to death. He might have heard Romeo tried to break it up and only got made when Tybalt killed Mercutio unfairly and unnecessarily. The first reason Romeo is to blame is that he went uninvited to the Capulet party. Romeo should have been able to hold his anger against Tybalt and not kill him.

Romeo and Juliet could have ran away together; however, Romeo killed Tybalt causing Romeo to get banished from Verona. An embarrassed Juliet forcefully commands that the Nurse stop. Lady Capulet asks Juliet what she thinks about getting married. Absolutely no bother. I love answering questions.

Tybalt breaks another rule by coming back to kill Romeo, who really decides to go full-out on the hyper-masculine Mercutio-style honour stuff: Away to heaven, respective lenity, And fire and fury be my conduct now!

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Romeo again rages against the tyranny his name has inflicted on his life. He angrily blames his name for the interfering with his romance with Juliet and wishes to cut from his body that part that houses his name. The Friar instantly links Romeo and Juliet's marriage with death when he says that Romeo is "wedded to calamity. This scene is also driven by the conflict between the older and younger generations.

The Friar chastises Romeo and reminds him of his good fortune that the Prince has commuted his sentence from death to a "gentler judgement" of exile. Although Romeo heretofore sought the wise counsel of Friar Laurence, a holy man of spiritual learning, now that Romeo's situation has grown critical, the Friar's advice is not as well received.

The Friar's contemplative work is far removed from the blind passion and emotional torment that Romeo is experiencing.